New Cloud-based service offers intuitive access to
music, media, emergency services, new surface-street traffic conditions,
live operator assistance and more

TORRANCE, CA--Nov. 28, 2012: Acura today announced the next
generation AcuraLink cloud-based connected car system that will debut in
early 2013 on the all-new 2014 Acura RLX luxury sedan. AcuraLink services
are now available via new embedded technology and web-enabled devices
tethered to the car, bringing a broad range of convenience, media and
security features to the new flagship RLX sedan.

Featuring one of the first luxury-brand OEM applications of Aha
by Harman, the next generation of AcuraLink connects drivers to thousands
of personalized cloud-based news, information and media feeds from around
the world, using an intuitive, audio-system based interface. In RLX models
equipped with the Acura Navigation System, the new AcuraLink Real-Time
Traffic service includes updated freeway and--for the
first time--surface-street traffic, giving the RLX owner a
clear picture of driving conditions, and the added efficiency of automatic
rerouting to help find the quickest path to a destination.

"We have a lot of sophisticated customers who use today's smartphones
and other tools to stay connected to the people, music and media they
love," said Charles Koch, Large Project
Leader for AcuraLink. "The next generation of AcuraLink is designed to let
them conveniently do that in the car, while keeping their eyes on the road
and without having to pick up their phone."

When equipped with the navigation system, the RLX's screen can display
regularly updated traffic information including traffic flow, incidents and
construction on freeways and surface streets. The information is from probe
traffic, a system that tracks the real-time movements of vehicles on the
road to generate up-to-date flow information. The system can automatically
recalculate a more efficient detour based on surface street escapes,
providing improved route suggestions, when traffic congestion or road
incidents are detected along the route. An Eco
Route feature factors in traffic condition, incline of the road and
fuel consumption data, providing a more fuel efficient route.

"Using a cloud-based strategy, this is the next generation of the
connected car," said Koch. "In particular, the surface-street traffic
feature took a lot of proprietary development. This is the first time that
this near real-time surface street traffic information has been fully
integrated into a vehicle."

AcuraLink, Acura's two-way vehicle data connectivity system, was first
launched in 2004 in the 2005 Acura RL. The new generation of the system
makes its debut in navigation-equipped trims of the 2014 Acura RLX, and
will be available in three-tiers of service: the Standard Package, which is
complimentary for three years, and the Connect and Premium Packages, which
are subscriber-based services providing new levels of connectivity for the
luxury customer.

Standard Package

The AcuraLink Standard Package includes both embedded and tethered
connected services, and comes available on the following RLX packages: RLX
with Navigation, Technology, Krell and Advance grades. Embedded features
include the traffic and driver messaging features.

The new AcuraLink smartphone application allows owners to preset
preferences on their phone. The owner can take their programmed smartphone
into the new RLX and enjoy thousands of channels of personalized content
accessible via audio controls, steering-wheel-mounted controls, and through
a new color touch screen. With a tethered, compatible smartphone serving as
a conduit to a universe of cloud-based media, AcuraLink creates a unique,
connected driving experience.

Through the Aha service, AcuraLink users can listen to tens of thousands
of stations of streaming feeds from Twitter and Facebook, podcasts from
NPR, location-based personalized restaurant searches from Yelp, or
access internet music services such as Slacker. The service is free and
instantly accessible from the cloud. AcuraLink also incorporates Pandora®
personalized internet radio interface and text-to-voice SMS text services
with pre-programmed responses.

The fee-based AcuraLink Connect Package includes all of the features in
the Standard Package and incorporates an embedded cellular phone in the RLX
to raise the level of convenience, emergency and security services.
Automated crash notification, and an emergency "SOS" call feature via the
enhanced embedded system provide added piece of mind. With a press of the
overhead "Link" button, the owner can receive automated voice help with
restaurant and hotel info, movie listings, flight/gate information, or have
a destination sent to the RLX's navigation system. A new in-vehicle local
search feature allows the user to browse nearby information, points of
interest and much more. Using the free AcuraLink mobile app on a compatible
device, the owner can remotely lock and unlock their RLX, check out traffic
on their electronic device, send a destination to the car or receive
notification if the owner's vehicle alarm has been triggered.

In-Car Features:

Automated crash notification and location

Emergency connect with live operator

Local search

Automated service appointments

Search by Voice

AcuraLink Mobile App Features:

Send to vehicle (points of interest and contacts)

Pedestrian navigation and routing

Virtual dashboard and vehicle profile

Remote diagnostics

Car finder

AcuraLink emergency remote door lock/unlock

Vehicle alarm notification

Stolen vehicle tracking

Parking meter assist

Virtual Dashboard and Vehicle Profile

Premium Package

The Premium Package adds a live mobile concierge service that can be
contacted by a single touch of the overhead "Link" button. The
live-operator concierge is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to
provide advanced help with a destination and send it directly to the user's
navigation system, make reservations on their behalf, update the user on
weather, stocks and much more.

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